Going forward, the LLCD will play a vital part in NASA's 2017 Laser Communications Relay Demonstration, a key test of laser-based relay comms in future missions.
The LLCD (Lunar Laser Communications Demonstration) launches on LADEE in January of next year and will demonstrate a laser downlink rate of 622 megabytes from the moon.
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Having demonstrated the success of the transmission, NASA will considering using laser communications with its next major Lunar mission.
The Laser Communications Relay Demonstration Project (LCRD) will follow with launch in late 2017 on a commercial Space Systems Loral spacecraft.
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Next year, NASA is to launch a demonstration mission to test optical laser communications in conjunction with the LADEE (Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer) mission to the moon.
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Meanwhile, NASA is proceeding with laser communications tests.
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Virginia based company Laser Light Communications plans to launch a constellation of 12 satellites to connect remote and mobile platforms like ships to internet via lasers.
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Xerox invented the graphical user interface, laser printing and zippy computer-to-computer communications.
Apple and Microsoft made hay with graphics, Canon with laser printers, Adobe with typography languages and 3Com with communications.
The Lunar Laser Communication Demonstration presents a significant upgrade in existing data communications used in space -- with an estimated increase of six times the throughput of the current best radio system.
So Starkweather fired a laser through the air between the two buildings, an improvised communications system that meant that, if you were driving down the Foothill Expressway on a foggy night and happened to look up, you might see a mysterious red beam streaking across the sky.
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